Henryk Trebicki (Poland)
History in Color: Henryk Trebicki (1940-1996) was one of the best bantamweights in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. He represented Poland at 3 Summer Olympics – in 1964, 1968 and 1952. In 1964...
History in Color: Henryk Trebicki (1940-1996) was one of the best bantamweights in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. He represented Poland at 3 Summer Olympics – in 1964, 1968 and 1952. In 1964...
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – 30-year old heavyweight Abraham “Bram” Charite of Netherlands is on his way to the bronze medal in the 82.5+ class at the 1948 Summer...
History in Color: March 18, 1984, Minsk, Belarus – World and European champion, Valery Kravchuk of Krivoy Rog, Ukraine competes at the 1984 USSR Championship in Minsk. He won the USSR title in the...
History in Color: July 27, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Alexey Vakhonin of the Trud Team (Shakhty, Russia) is preparing to enter the competition platform in the 56kg class at the 1967 USSR...
History in Color: July 29, 1928, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Legendary Czech heavyweight Jaroslav Skobla after winning a bronze medal in the 82.5kg weightclass at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Jaroslav Skobla (1899-1959) was...
History in Color: The cover photo shot rather from an unusual angle shows well-known Soviet weightlifting megastars of the 1970s during the introduction ceremony at the Baltic Cup: Left to right: Vladimir Ryzhenkov (82.5kg,...
History in Color: The cover photo features one of the best Czech heavyweights of the early 1980s, Pavel Khek performing a clean-and-jerk lift at the earlier stage of his career. Pavel Khek (born in...
History in Color: Krivoy Rog, Ukraine, 1980s – Grigory Krivonos oversees the training of his student, World and European champion, 2x USSR champion Valery Krabvchuk in their gym in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine.
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, England – Swedish light heavyweight Gosta Magnusson performs a snatch lift in the 82.5kg class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. A year before in Helsinki,...
History in Color: September 14, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – 26-year old featherweight Janos Benedek of Team Hungary competes in the Olympic press program in the 60kg class at the 1970 World Championships in...